The traditional dragon boat festival has been enthralling the people of Hong Kong since ages. Known for the extravagance and flamboyance, this festival started off 300 hundread years ago. (Photo: AP)
The festival is celebrated all over the world owing to the gusto and ostentation observed during the same. (Photo: AP)
Members of a rowing team cheer after a traditional Chinese Dragon Boat race in Taipei, Taiwan. (Photo: AP)
A drummer raises his sticks as he beats a rhythm for paddlers on a dragon boat during the festival. (Photo: AP)
According to popular belief, the festival has its origin in an old man. Being disillusioned by the then government, he committed suicide. In protest, he jumped off the boat and drowned himself in the river. (Photo: AP)
The Dragon Boat festival, also known as the Duanwu festival, falls on the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar and is marked by eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats. (Photo: AP)